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NGC 5906 (also knows as NGC 5907 or Splinter Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy located approximately 50 million light years from Earth. It is located in the Draco constellation with a magnitude of 11.4 (at Blue, 445nm), a major angular size of 11.3 arcmins and a minnor angular size of 1.75 arcmins.
Description Sources: Wikipedia, theskylive.com, in-the-sky.org
Equipment & Integration
Imaging telescope: TS Photon 8" F5 Newtonian reflector
Imaging camera: ZWO ASI 533MC-P
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ-5 Pro Go-To
Guiding telescope: TS 80/600 F7.5 Achromat
Guiding camera: ZWO ASI 120MC-S
Coma corrector: TS GPU Superflat
Extras: -
Software: Adobe Photoshop 2020, DeepSkyStacker, PHD Guiding, PixInsight
Frames: 96 x 300s GAIN 100 @ 0 degrees
Integration: 8 hours
Date captured: 18/08/2020
Location: Athens, Greece
Bortle Scale (?): 8